Sweden national handball team


The Sweden men's national handball team is controlled by the Swedish Handball Association. Its most successful periods were under coaches Curt Wadmark and Bengt Johansson. The team under Bengt Johansson, nicknamed Bengan Boys in Sweden, is regarded as one of the finest national teams in the history of the sport with players like Tomas Svensson, Staffan Olsson, Magnus Wislander and Stefan Lövgren. From 1990 through 2002 the team reached the medal round in every championship and qualified for a record 8 championship finals in a row 1996–2002.
Sweden is the most successful nation at the European Men's Handball Championship with 4 gold medals, and has, with France, won the most medals in the history of the World Men's Handball Championship with a total tally of 4 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals. Sweden holds the European records for most medals in international competition as well as reaching the most medal rounds. Conversely, Sweden has yet to win an Olympic title despite participating in 4 finals. The team has also won the World Cup 3 times, the Super Cup 2 times, and were Intercontinental Cup winners in 2000.

Honours

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Olympic Games

World Championship

European Championship

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Kristján Andrésson

Notable players

From 2004 to 2015 Sweden's kits were supplied by Adidas. Since 2016 they are supplied by Kempa.